consistent
//kənˈsɪs.tənt//
formalForms
- Comparative
- more consistent
- Superlative
- most consistent
Definitions
1.Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature.
- He is very consistent in his political choices: economy good or bad, he always votes Labour!
- The consistent use of Chinglish in China can be very annoying, apart from some initial amusement.
2.Compatible, accordant.
3.Of a set of statements: such that no contradiction logically follows from them.
- Part of establishing a foundation for geometry was demonstrating that the axioms were consistent – that they could never lead to contradictions.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2230
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cōnsistēntem, present participle of cōnsistō (“to agree with; to continue”), from con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, near, with”)) + sistō (“to cause to stand; to place, set”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti (“to be standing up; to be getting up”), from the root *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”)).